Improvement in skate-sharpeners



H. U. KISTNER & E. M. HUMMEL. Skate-Sharpener.

No. 205,561. P'aten ted July 2, I878.

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HARRY U. KISTNER AND EDWIN M. HUMMEL, OF SELINS GROVE, PA.

IMPROVEMENT IN SKATE-SHARPENERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 205,561, dated July2,1878 application filed January 12, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HARRY ULsH Krsr- NER and EDWIN M. HUMMEL. of SelinsGrove, in the county of Snyder and State of Pennsylvania. have inventeda new and Improved skateSharpener, of which the following is aspecification:

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a top view ofourimproved skate-sharpener; Fig. 2, aside view, and Fig. 3 an end view, ofthe same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to improve the skate-sharpener for whichLetters Patent have been granted heretofore to William H. Fisher, underdate of February .15, 1876, and numbered 173,535, so that the same mayalso be used for sharpening scissors, and by combining therewith a setof other tools, such as a gimlet, screw-driver, socket, &e., applied toa variety of other purposes useful for skaters.

The invention consists of a skate-sharpener combined with several othertools useful for skaters, and having its body or frame beveled at oneside below the file for grinding and sharpening scissor-blades.

Referring to the drawing, A represents the body of our skate-sharpener.which is cast of suitable metal, with a recess for the tile B, that isstraight on one side and convex at the other, for adjusting thestraightor concave sharpening of the runners. The file B is secured inthe recessed body A by a setscrew, a, the body having below the file afixed guideflange, O, and a laterally-adjustable gage, O, by which thesharpener is guided along the runner.

The body A of the skate-sharpener is extended longitudinally, so as toform two parallel arms or supports, A, to which are pivoted anumberot'tools, D, available for applying to skates, such as a gimlet for boringholes into the heels, a screwdriver, and a socket for putting onclub-skates. These tools are folded back into the recess or spacebetween the arms A, and secured by a cross-pin, b, passing throughperforations of the tool-shanks, or by other equivalent means thatsecure the rigid position of the tools.

When either one of the tools is required for use, the pin or otherlocking device is withdrawn, the tool turned in forward direction likethe blade of a pocket-knife, and then secured again by the cross-pin,the shanks being provided at both sides and equidistant from thepivot-pin with holes for the same. Thus either tool may be convenientlyplaced in position for use, the others remaining in the recess, as shownin Fig. 1.

This combination forms a great accommoda tion for skaters, as they canreadily bore a hole into the heel, tighten a loose screw on a skate, orapply the shank to the foot by a compact and handy little device, inwhich the arms A form the handle portion when used for sharpening, andthe sharpener proper the handle when one of the other tools is used.

The outside of the fixed guide-flange 0 below the file is arranged at abevel, as shown at d in Figs. 2 and 3, for the purpose of ad mittingthereby the convenient sharpening of scissor blades, the bevelededgeforminga guide for the same as they are passed to and fro over thefile.

In this manner a very convenient tool is obtained that is of greatadvantage to skaters, and which may also be applied for other usefulpurposes.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with a skatesharpener having a body with extensionarms, of a set of tools pivoted and locked to the arms in i open orclosed position, as and for the purpose specified.

HARRY ULSH KISTNER. EDWIN MAXIMUS HUMMEL. Witnesses:

CHARLES GRETH, H. H. PINE.

